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    Abstract Romantic relationships between clients and helping professionals cause harm to not only the client, but to the helping professional, their colleagues, and the community. When a client and helping professional enter a romantic relationship, the meaningful therapy stops (Welfel, 2014). The client is no longer receiving the adequate therapy that they need. Clients are harmed by the relationship even if they don’t feel like they were forced into the relationship (Welfel, 2014). This paper will

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    lying in romantic relationships among other scenarios. It also describes how the integration of modern science and human knowledge can help uncover and detect deception. Cole, Tim. "Lying to the one you love: The use of deception in romantic relationships." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, vol. 18, no. 1, 2001, pp. 107-129, condor.depaul.edu/tcole/lying.pdf. Accessed 17 Feb. 2018.

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    Research Paper 1: Gender Differences in Romantic Relationships Elizabeth Medina Winona State University   Research Paper 1: Gender Stereotypes in Romantic Relationships Monogamy is not realistic; at least that is what Amy learned from her father. As a little girl, Amy was drilled with the idea that monogamy is not realistic by her cheating father and she truly took that to heart. Amy portrays a happy, promiscuous women working in New York City as a men’s magazine writer. She goes through life

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    Lying and Deception in Romantic Relationships Abstract: Introduction: During this paper we will look at why people lie to others. When judging a lie, it can be easier to accept if one looks at the purpose behind it. Different intentions bring different levels of deserving judgment. Through research, I found that many people have already studied relationship deceit. Many researchers have proven that deceit often comes from the want to protect their significant other, rather than hurt them. I will

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    In a disquieting chapter on “Love and Romantic Relationships,” Kenrick, Neuberg, & Cialdini (2015) list the goals of love and romantic relationships as 1) obtaining “sexual gratification”, 2) establishing “a family bond”, and 3) “gaining resources and social status” (p. 246). The authors use the “unconventional” (p. 273) relationship of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo as a “positive” (p. 273) example of a love relationship. Numerous questions and philosophical issues may be raised by the authors perspective

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    abuse in their romantic relationships, with the effects of emotional abuse being worse on the individual than the effects of physical abuse (2010). The study results showed that the recipients of emotional abuse often suffered from depression, lower self-esteem, a reduce sense of independence, fearfulness, and an increased risk of suicidal thoughts. Another study conducted by Karakut & Silver revealed that younger men who experience emotional abuse in interpersonal romantic relationships don’t often

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    Shakespeare seems to believe that friendships that turn into love and go too quickly can end in tragedy through the behavior of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo shows that romantic relationships can end badly if it goes too quickly, and expresses his fear to Benvolio, and to himself when Juliet is lying in the casket. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is talking to Benvolio about love. This was after he tells him that Rosaline doesn’t love him back. Benvolio is trying to give his cousin advice

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    A study performed by Hatfield et al. examined cognitive process in romantic relationships using Schemas which are mental representations of categories or organised areas which are derived from an individual’s experience of the world. Students at the University of Hawaii were recruited to partake in a study of dating relationships. Upon entering the laboratory, they were given a consent form that indicated that their preferences in potential dating partners were being studied and had the right to

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    “The ultimate goal of romantic relationships is to establish a long-term relationship culminating into marriage” (Gala & Kapadia 2014). This is the belief that was instilled in me since I was a child. When I started dating, I had a few relationships that ended after a few months. My parents would continuously ask me “Why date someone if you have no intention of marrying that person?” However, I was young, marriage was the last thing on my mind. My reasoning was that if I liked the boy, and the boy

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    When jealousy in a romantic relationship hits, it wells up inside of us, a unique mix of sadness, competition, anger. It feels like an immune reaction — what I imagine it feels like when you’re bit by a poisonous spider. But part of the reason jealousy makes us feel so uncomfortable is that we typically think of it as toxic and unhealthy emotion — something to rid ourselves of ASAP. So we add on a layer of self-blame Yet thinking this way is precisely what makes jealousy feel insurmountable, even

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